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406 which had turned yellow at this season, rendered the trees very conspicuous; but in all cases the groves were confined to strictly northern slopes. We encamped in a small grove, where the trees did not exceed 4o feet in height, and observed numerous seedlings; but were forced to descend on account of a heavy fall of snow and to leave the larger and more important forests unvisited.

Further east, in the Kintla lake region, Ayres reports that the mountain slopes are best wooded on the northern slopes, where the Alpine larch reaches a height of 80 feet and a diameter of 30 inches. It is more vigorous here than in any other locality seen by Ayres, who considers that the tree will produce timber suitable for mining purposes.